The following is a chronicle of events during the year 1987 in ice hockey.
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
*the Plattsburgh State Cardinals won the NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament
*Tony Hrkac won the Hobey Baker Award
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1986–87 NHL season | 1987–88 NHL season |
1986–87 AHL season | 1987–88 AHL season |
Wayne Douglas Gretzky is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999, retiring at the age of 38. Nicknamed "the Great One", he has been called the greatest ice hockey player ever by many sportswriters, players, The Hockey News, and the NHL itself, based on extensive surveys of hockey writers, ex-players, general managers and coaches. Gretzky is the leading career goal scorer, assist producer and point scorer in NHL history, and has more career assists than any other player has total points. He is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season, a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, Gretzky tallied over 100 points in 15 professional seasons, 13 of them consecutive. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he held 61 NHL records: 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, and 6 All-Star records.
The Ted Lindsay Award, formerly known as the Lester B. Pearson Award, is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's most outstanding player in the regular season as judged by the members of the NHL Players' Association. First awarded in 1971, it is a companion to the Hart Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the League's Most Valuable Player, as judged by members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. The award was renamed in 2010 after Ted Lindsay of the Detroit Red Wings.
Marcel Elphège "Little Beaver" Dionne is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers between 1971 and 1989. A prolific scorer, he won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer in 1979–80, and recorded 50 goals or more in a season six times, and 100 points or more in a season 8 times during his career. Internationally Dionne played for the Canadian national team at two Canada Cups and three World Championships. Dionne was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992. In 2017 Dionne was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
The following is a chronicle of events during the year 1980 in ice hockey.
The following is a chronicle of events during the year 1982 in ice hockey.
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The following is a chronicle of events during the year 1992 in ice hockey.
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The following is a chronicle of events during the year 1976 in ice hockey.
The following is a chronicle of events during the year 1972 in ice hockey.
The following is a chronicle of events during the year 1973 in ice hockey.
The following is a chronicle of events during the year 1974 in ice hockey.
The following is a chronicle of events during the year 1977 in ice hockey.
The following is a chronicle of events during the year 1978 in ice hockey.